Taylor Berman

A
teenager in Philadelphia claims he required emergency surgery after
police ruptured one of his testicles during a search earlier this
month. Police later arrested the 16-year-old and charged him with
three misdemeanors.

Darrin
Manning, a straight-A student, was reportedly on his way to play
basketball with a group of friends on January 7 when one of his
friends "caught
the attention"
of a group of police officers, as the principal of Manning's school
put it. When the officers approached, the group took off running. A
police wagon soon pulled up on the scene, according to surveillance
video from a street camera.

Manning
underwent emergency surgery the next day and might be sterile as a result,
according to Small.

The
Phildelpiha Police Department, who charged the 16-year-old with
misdemeanor counts of reckless endangerment of another person, simple
assault, and resisting arrest, are taking the incident
"very seriously," according to Commissioner Charles H.
Ramsey.

"We
want to piece together what happened," Ramsey said at a press
conference, adding that the department's Internal Affairs division
had launched an investigation. Small, however, refuses to cooperate until all charges against Manning are dropped.

"I'm not going to allow my client to sit down and give a written statement. That's in effect malpractice by any attorney while criminal charges are outstanding," he said.